gradeoilgroup[.]com

gradeoilgroup.com was observed on July 12, 2026 as part of a generic phishing operation. The domain was registered on April 28, 2026 through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com. Its short age and recent registration align with typical phishing infrastructure deployment timelines.

Technical resolution maps the domain to the IP address 188.114.97.3, which is announced by CloudFlare, Inc. and geo‑located in Canada. DNS resolution uses Cloudflare nameservers dorthy.ns.cloudflare.com and mark.ns.cloudflare.com. HTTP requests receive a 403 response, while the TLS handshake presents a Let’s Encrypt certificate (E8) that is valid for the domain.

Email services are handled by mx1.hostinger.com (priority 5) and mx2.hostinger.com (priority 10), indicating that the actors have provisioned legitimate‑looking mail exchangers. Reputation data is poor: Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, the domain appears on a single security blocklist, and it has been flagged by PhishDestroy. AlienVault OTX lists the domain in one pulse, confirming that it has been referenced by other analysts.

Despite the above indicators, VirusTotal currently shows zero detections across 95 scanners, which does not imply benign behavior but rather a lack of known payloads associated with the domain. No public samples or phishing page snapshots have been released, so the exact lure, targeted brand, or credential‑stealing technique remains unknown.

Given the active status, low reputation scores, and confirmed use of mail exchangers, defenders should treat gradeoilgroup.com as malicious. Recommended mitigations include adding the domain and its resolved IP to outbound and inbound blocking lists, monitoring DNS queries for the two Cloudflare nameservers, and configuring email security gateways to reject messages originating from the listed MX hosts. Continuous threat‑intel harvesting is advised to capture any emerging payloads or victim reports.